As the sentencing of Johannes Mehserle approaches, members of the labor and broader community will join together with friends and family of Oscar Grant to take a stand for justice -- and to stand against double standards, police violence, and the senseless destruction of human lives and resources at home and abroad.

In the 1934 Maritime Strike two workers were killed by police, provoking the San Francisco General Strike. Organized labor in unity with the community must mobilize to stop police violence against the oppressed.